So far as I am concerned, DAB radio has worse sound quality than LW. I don't live out in the wilds either; I live on a hill in the heart of Leicester.
This is all to do with spectrum licensing. That's where the money is.
Britons' digital albatross, DAB radio, might be antique and sound terrible, the culture minister said this week, admitting the 2015 switchover date looked “ambitious”. It’s the first time a politician of ministerial level has acknowledged issues with DAB. But there’s no changing course, he said. “They often suggest that DAB is …